List of international cricket centuries at the Oval

The Oval (also known as the Kennington Oval and, due to sponsorship reasons, the Kia Oval) is a cricket ground in London, England, it was established in 1845 and has a capacity of 23,500. International cricket has been played at the ground since 1880, when England played Australia in the first Test match staged in England.[1] One Day Internationals (ODIs) have also been played at the ground, the first of these was in 1973 between England and the West Indies. 180 Test centuries have been scored at the Oval along with 39 ODI centuries.[2][3]

The Oval pavilion, 2008

The Englishman W. G. Grace scored the first Test century at the ground, Grace made 152 against Australia in 1880. In 1938 Len Hutton, another Englishman, broke the record for the highest individual Test innings. Hutton, with his score of 364, surpassed Wally Hammond's previous record of 336 not out. Hutton's innings was the only Test triple century scored at the Oval until Hashim Amla's treble in July 2012, and is still the highest by an Englishman at any ground.[4][5] Herbert Sutcliffe is the only man to have scored five Test centuries at the ground, while Hammond, Hutton, David Gower and Kevin Pietersen have all scored four centuries. The most centuries scored by an overseas player at the ground is three, which was achieved by the South African Bruce Mitchell and Australian Steve Smith.[2]

The first ODI century scored at the Oval was in 1973 by the West Indian Roy Fredericks, who made 105 against England. England's Ben Stokes holds the record for the highest score at the ground, scoring 182 against New Zealand in 2023. Two players have scored three ODI centuries at the ground – England's Marcus Trescothick and India's Shikhar Dhawan – however no other batsman has scored more than one.[3]

  • * denotes that the batsman was not out.
  • Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
  • Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
  • NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
  • Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at the Oval.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won[6][7] lost[8][9] or if the match was drawn.[10]

List of centuries

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Test centuries

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The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Oval.[2]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 152 W. G. Grace (1/2)   England 294 1   Australia 6 September 1880 Won
2 153* Billy Murdoch (1/2)   Australia 358 3   England 6 September 1880 Lost
3 103 Percy McDonnell   Australia 168 1   England 11 August 1884 Drawn
4 211 Billy Murdoch (2/2)   Australia 525 1   England 11 August 1884 Drawn
5 102 Tup Scott   Australia 216 1   England 11 August 1884 Drawn
6 117 Walter Read   England 155 2   Australia 11 August 1884 Drawn
7 170 W. G. Grace (2/2)   England NR 1   Australia 12 August 1886 Won
8 103 Stanley Jackson (1/2)   England NR 1   Australia 14 August 1893 Won
9 118 Stanley Jackson (2/2)   England NR 1   Australia 14 August 1899 Drawn
10 137 Tom Hayward   England NR 1   Australia 14 August 1899 Drawn
11 117 Syd Gregory   Australia NR 2   England 14 August 1899 Drawn
12 104 Gilbert Jessop   England NR 4   Australia 11 August 1902 Won
13 144 C. B. Fry (1/2)   England NR 1   Australia 14 August 1905 Drawn
14 146 Reggie Duff   Australia NR 2   England 14 August 1905 Drawn
15 112* Johnny Tyldesley   England NR 3   Australia 14 August 1905 Drawn
16 129 C. B. Fry (2/2)   England NR 1  South Africa 19 August 1907 Drawn
17 136 Warren Bardsley (1/2)   Australia NR 1   England 9 August 1909 Drawn
18 105 Jack Sharp   England NR 2   Australia 9 August 1909 Drawn
19 130 Warren Bardsley (2/2)   Australia NR 3   England 9 August 1909 Drawn
20 182* Phil Mead   England NR 1   Australia 13 August 1921 Drawn
21 102* Jack Russell   England NR 3   Australia 13 August 1921 Drawn
22 142 Patsy Hendren   England NR 2   South Africa 16 August 1924 Drawn
23 100 Jack Hobbs (1/2)   England NR 3   Australia 14 August 1926 Won
24 161 Herbert Sutcliffe (1/5)   England NR 3   Australia 14 August 1926 Won
25 159 Jack Hobbs (2/2)   England NR 2   West Indies 11 August 1928 Won
26 104 Herbert Sutcliffe (2/5)   England NR 1   South Africa 17 August 1929 Drawn
27 121 Herbie Taylor   South Africa NR 2   England 17 August 1929 Drawn
28 109* Herbert Sutcliffe (3/5)   England NR 3   South Africa 17 August 1929 Drawn
29 101* Wally Hammond (1/4)   England NR 3   South Africa 17 August 1929 Drawn
30 161 Herbert Sutcliffe (4/5)   England 391 1   Australia 16 August 1930 Lost
31 110 Bill Ponsford (1/2)   Australia 203 2   England 16 August 1930 Won
32 232 Don Bradman (1/2)   Australia 417 2   England 16 August 1930 Won
33 117 Herbert Sutcliffe (5/5)   England NR 1   New Zealand 29 July 1931 Won
34 109 K. S. Duleepsinhji   England NR 1   New Zealand 29 July 1931 Won
35 100* Wally Hammond (2/4)   England NR 1   New Zealand 29 July 1931 Won
36 107 Fred Bakewell   England NR 1   West Indies 12 August 1933 Won
37 266 Bill Ponsford (2/2)   Australia 422 1   England 18 August 1934 Won
38 244 Don Bradman (2/2)   Australia 271 1   England 18 August 1934 Won
39 110 Maurice Leyland (1/3)   England 171 2   Australia 18 August 1934 Lost
40 128 Bruce Mitchell (1/3)   South Africa NR 1   England 17 August 1935 Drawn
41 117 Eric Dalton   South Africa NR 1   England 17 August 1935 Drawn
42 161 Maurice Leyland (2/3)   England NR 2   South Africa 17 August 1935 Drawn
43 148* Les Ames   England NR 2   South Africa 17 August 1935 Drawn
44 217 Wally Hammond (3/4)   England NR 1   India 15 August 1936 Won
45 128 Stan Worthington   England NR 1   India 15 August 1936 Won
46 103 Joe Hardstaff (1/2)   England NR 2   New Zealand 14 August 1937 Drawn
47 364 Leonard Hutton (1/4)   England 847 1   Australia 20 August 1938 Won
48 187 Maurice Leyland (3/3)   England 438 1   Australia 20 August 1938 Won
49 169* Joe Hardstaff (2/2)   England 400 1   Australia 20 August 1938 Won
50 137 Ken Weekes   West Indies NR 2   England 19 August 1939 Drawn
51 165* Leonard Hutton (2/4)   England NR 3   West Indies 19 August 1939 Drawn
52 138 Wally Hammond (4/4)   England NR 3   West Indies 19 August 1939 Drawn
53 128 Vijay Merchant   India NR 1   England 17 August 1946 Drawn
54 120 Bruce Mitchell (2/3)   South Africa NR 2   England 16 August 1947 Drawn
55 113 Denis Compton   England NR 3   South Africa 16 August 1947 Drawn
56 189* Bruce Mitchell (3/3)   South Africa NR 4   England 16 August 1947 Drawn
57 196 Arthur Morris   Australia NR 2   England 14 August 1948 Won
58 206 Leonard Hutton (3/4)   England NR 2   New Zealand 13 August 1949 Drawn
59 100 Bill Edrich   England NR 2   New Zealand 13 August 1949 Drawn
60 109 Allan Rae   West Indies NR 1   England 12 August 1950 Won
61 138 Frank Worrell   West Indies NR 1   England 12 August 1950 Won
62 202* Leonard Hutton (4/4)   England NR 2   West Indies 12 August 1950 Lost
63 119 David Sheppard   England NR 1   India 14 August 1952 Drawn
64 107 Peter Richardson   England NR 1   West Indies 22 August 1957 Won
65 164 Tom Graveney (1/2)   England NR 1   West Indies 22 August 1957 Won
66 175 Geoff Pullar   England NR 3   South Africa 18 August 1960 Drawn
67 155 Colin Cowdrey (1/2)   England NR 3   South Africa 18 August 1960 Drawn
68 117 Norm O'Neill   Australia NR 2   England 17 August 1961 Drawn
69 181 Peter Burge   Australia NR 2   England 17 August 1961 Drawn
70 137 Raman Subba Row   England NR 3   Australia 17 August 1961 Drawn
71 182 Colin Cowdrey (2/2)   England NR 1   Pakistan 16 August 1962 Won
72 172 Ted Dexter   England NR 1   Pakistan 16 August 1962 Won
73 108* Conrad Hunte   West Indies NR 4   England 22 August 1963 Won
74 113 Geoffrey Boycott (1/3)   England NR 3   Australia 13 August 1964 Drawn
75 127 Colin Bland   South Africa NR 3   England 26 August 1965 Drawn
76 104 Rohan Kanhai   West Indies 217 1   England 18 August 1966 Lost
77 165 Tom Graveney (2/2)   England 361 2   West Indies 18 August 1966 Won
78 112 John Murray   England 260 2   West Indies 18 August 1966 Won
79 142 Ken Barrington   England 289 2   Pakistan 24 August 1967 Won
80 146 Asif Iqbal   Pakistan 244 3   England 24 August 1967 Lost
81 164 John Edrich   England 422 1   Australia 22 August 1968 Won
82 158 Basil D'Oliveira   England 325 1   Australia 22 August 1968 Won
83 135 Bill Lawry   Australia 401 2   England 22 August 1968 Lost
84 118 Ian Chappell (1/2)   Australia 267 2   England 10 August 1972 Won
85 113 Greg Chappell   Australia 226 2   England 10 August 1972 Won
86 132 Clive Lloyd   West Indies 196 1   England 26 July 1973 Won
87 106* Frank Hayes   England 234 4   West Indies 26 July 1973 Lost
88 240 Zaheer Abbas   Pakistan 410 1   England 22 August 1974 Drawn
89 183 Dennis Amiss (1/2)   England 372 2   Pakistan 22 August 1974 Drawn
90 122 Keith Fletcher   England 377 2   Pakistan 22 August 1974 Drawn
91 127 Rick McCosker   Australia 294 1   England 28 August 1975 Drawn
92 192 Ian Chappell (2/2)   Australia 367 1   England 28 August 1975 Drawn
93 149 Bob Woolmer   England 390 3   Australia 28 August 1975 Drawn
94 291 Viv Richards   West Indies 386 1   England 12 August 1976 Won
95 203 Dennis Amiss (2/2)   England 320 2   West Indies 12 August 1976 Lost
96 111 David Gower (1/4)   England 253 2   New Zealand 27 July 1978 Won
97 125 Geoffrey Boycott (2/3)   England 293 3   India 30 August 1979 Drawn
98 221 Sunil Gavaskar   India 443 4   England 30 August 1979 Drawn
99 100* Peter Willey   England 203 3   West Indies 24 July 1980 Drawn
100 106* Allan Border   Australia 230 1   England 27 August 1981 Drawn
101 137 Geoffrey Boycott (3/3)   England 321 2   Australia 27 August 1981 Drawn
102 103 Dirk Wellham   Australia 221 3   England 27 August 1981 Drawn
103 107 Allan Lamb (1/2)   England 202 1   India 8 July 1982 Drawn
104 208 Ian Botham   England 226 1   India 8 July 1982 Drawn
105 105 Graeme Fowler   England 299 3   New Zealand 14 July 1983 Won
106 109 Chris Tavaré   England 259 3   New Zealand 14 July 1983 Won
107 102* Allan Lamb (2/2)   England 293 3   New Zealand 14 July 1983 Won
108 125 Desmond Haynes   West Indies 329 3   England 9 August 1984 Won
109 196 Graham Gooch   England 310 1   Australia 29 August 1985 Won
110 157 David Gower (2/4)   England 216 1   Australia 29 August 1985 Won
111 119 John Wright   New Zealand 343 1   England 21 August 1986 Drawn
112 131 David Gower (3/4)   England 202 2   New Zealand 21 August 1986 Drawn
113 121 Mike Gatting (1/2)   England 198 2   New Zealand 21 August 1986 Drawn
114 260 Javed Miandad   Pakistan 521 1   England 6 August 1987 Drawn
115 102 Saleem Malik (1/2)   Pakistan 237 1   England 6 August 1987 Drawn
116 118 Imran Khan   Pakistan 201 1   England 6 August 1987 Drawn
117 150* Mike Gatting (2/2)   England 302 3   Pakistan 6 August 1987 Drawn
118 122 Dean Jones   Australia 180 1   England 24 August 1989 Drawn
119 187 Ravi Shastri   India 436 1   England 23 August 1990 Drawn
120 110 Kapil Dev   India 142 1   England 23 August 1990 Drawn
121 157* David Gower (4/4)   England 270 3   India 23 August 1990 Drawn
122 109 Robin Smith   England 256 1   West Indies 8 August 1991 Won
123 121 Richie Richardson   West Indies 312 3   England 8 August 1991 Lost
124 179 Brian Lara   West Indies 206 2   England 24 August 1995 Drawn
125 127 Carl Hooper   West Indies 180 2   England 24 August 1995 Drawn
126 106 John Crawley (1/2)   England 217 1   Pakistan 22 August 1996 Lost
127 176 Saeed Anwar   Pakistan 264 2   England 22 August 1996 Won
128 100* Saleem Malik (2/2)   Pakistan 223 2   England 22 August 1996 Won
129 107 Graeme Hick   England 238 1   Sri Lanka 27 August 1998 Lost
130 156* John Crawley (2/2)   England 249 1   Sri Lanka 27 August 1998 Lost
131 213 Sanath Jayasuriya   Sri Lanka 278 2   England 27 August 1998 Won
132 152 Aravinda de Silva   Sri Lanka 292 2   England 27 August 1998 Won
133 108 Mike Atherton   England 331 3   West Indies 31 August 2000 Won
134 102* Justin Langer (1/2)   Australia 186 1   England 23 August 2001 Won
135 120 Mark Waugh   Australia 176 1   England 23 August 2001 Won
136 157* Steve Waugh   Australia 256 1   England 23 August 2001 Won
137 133 Mark Ramprakash   England 232 2   Australia 23 August 2001 Lost
138 195 Michael Vaughan   England 279 1   India 5 September 2002 Drawn
139 217 Rahul Dravid (1/2)   India 468 2   England 5 September 2002 Drawn
140 183 Herschelle Gibbs   South Africa 258 1   England 4 September 2003 Lost
141 219 Marcus Trescothick   England 374 2   South Africa 4 September 2003 Won
142 124 Graham Thorpe   England 244 2   South Africa 4 September 2003 Won
143 105 Chris Gayle   West Indies 87 3   England 19 August 2004 Lost
144 129 Andrew Strauss   England 210 1   Australia 8 September 2005 Drawn
145 105 Justin Langer (2/2)   Australia 146 2   England 8 September 2005 Drawn
146 138 Matthew Hayden   Australia 303 2   England 8 September 2005 Drawn
147 158 Kevin Pietersen (1/4)   England 187 3   Australia 8 September 2005 Drawn
148 128 Mohammad Yousuf   Pakistan 236 2   England 17 August 2006 Lost
149 110* Anil Kumble   India 193 1   England 9 August 2007 Drawn
150 101 Kevin Pietersen (2/4)   England 159 4   India 9 August 2007 Drawn
151 100 Kevin Pietersen (3/4)   England 137 2   South Africa 7 August 2008 Won
152 119 Jonathan Trott   England 193 3   Australia 20 August 2009 Won
153 121 Michael Hussey   Australia 263 4   England 20 August 2009 Lost
154 110 Alastair Cook (1/3)   England 173 3   Pakistan 18 August 2010 Lost
155 235 Ian Bell   England 364 1   India 18 August 2011 Won
156 175 Kevin Pietersen (4/4)   England 232 1   India 18 August 2011 Won
157 146* Rahul Dravid (2/2)   India 266 2   England 18 August 2011 Lost
158 115 Alastair Cook (2/3)   England 295 1   South Africa 19 July 2012 Lost
159 131 Graeme Smith   South Africa 273 2   England 19 July 2012 Won
160 311* Hashim Amla   South Africa 529 2   England 19 July 2012 Won
161 182* Jacques Kallis   South Africa 326 2   England 19 July 2012 Won
162 176 Shane Watson   Australia 247 1   England 21 August 2013 Drawn
163 138* Steve Smith (1/3)   Australia 241 1   England 21 August 2013 Drawn
164 149* Joe Root (1/2)   England 165 2   India 15 August 2014 Won
165 143 Steve Smith (2/3)   Australia 252 1   England 20 August 2015 Won
166 108 Moeen Ali   England 152 1   Pakistan 11 August 2016 Lost
167 109 Asad Shafiq   Pakistan 179 2   England 11 August 2016 Won
168 218 Younis Khan   Pakistan 308 2   England 11 August 2016 Won
169 112 Ben Stokes   England 153 1   South Africa 27 July 2017 Won
170 136 Dean Elgar   South Africa 228 4   England 27 July 2017 Lost
171 147 Alastair Cook (3/3)   England 286 3   India 7 September 2018 Won
172 125 Joe Root (2/2)   England 190 3   India 7 September 2018 Won
173 149 KL Rahul   India 224 4   England 7 September 2018 Lost
174 114 Rishabh Pant   India 146 4   England 7 September 2018 Lost
175 117 Matthew Wade   Australia 166 4   England 12 September 2019 Lost
176 127 Rohit Sharma   India 256 3   England 2 September 2021 Won
177 163 Travis Head   Australia 174 1   India 7 June 2023 Won
178 121 Steve Smith (3/3)   Australia 268 1   India 7 June 2023 Won
179 154 Ollie Pope   England 156 1   Sri Lanka 6 September 2024 Lost
180 127* Pathum Nissanka   Sri Lanka 124 4   England 6 September 2024 Won

One Day International centuries

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The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Oval.[3]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 105 Roy Fredericks   West Indies 122 2   England 7 September 1973 Won
2 101 Alan Turner   Australia 113 1   Sri Lanka 11 June 1975 Won
3 108 Dennis Amiss   England 146 1   Australia 6 June 1977 Lost
4 125* Greg Chappell   Australia 137 2   England 6 June 1977 Won
5 114* David Gower   England 122 1   Pakistan 26 May 1978 Won
6 102 Allan Lamb   England 105 1   New Zealand 9 June 1983 Won
7 119 Viv Richards   West Indies 146 1   India 15 June 1983 Won
8 113 Javed Miandad   Pakistan 145 1   England 21 May 1987 Lost
9 111 Mark Greatbatch   New Zealand 130 1   England 25 May 1990 Lost
10 112* Graham Gooch   England 152 2   New Zealand 25 May 1990 Won
11 103 Alec Stewart   England 145 1   Pakistan 22 May 1992 Won
12 108* Michael Bevan   Australia 129 1   England 24 May 1997 Lost
13 113* Mike Atherton   England 149 2   Australia 24 May 1997 Won
14 100* Ajay Jadeja   India 138 2   Australia 4 June 1999 Lost
15 103 Saeed Anwar   Pakistan 144 1   Zimbabwe 11 June 1999 Won
16 107 Jacques Kallis   South Africa 133 1   England 28 June 2003 Lost
17 114* Marcus Trescothick (1/3)   England 125 2   South Africa 28 June 2003 Won
18 106 Vikram Solanki   England 108 2   South Africa 28 June 2003 Won
19 145* Nathan Astle   New Zealand 151 1   United States 10 September 2004 Won
20 101 Herschelle Gibbs   South Africa 135 1   West Indies 18 September 2004 Lost
21 104 Marcus Trescothick (2/3)   England 124 1   West Indies 25 September 2004 Lost
22 100* Marcus Trescothick (3/3)   England 76 2   Bangladesh 16 June 2005 Won
23 121* Adam Gilchrist   Australia 101 2   England 12 July 2005 Won
24 122 Sanath Jayasuriya   Sri Lanka 136 1   England 20 June 2006 Won
25 107* Owais Shah   England 95 1   India 5 September 2007 Lost
26 112 Alastair Cook   England 120 2   West Indies 19 June 2012 Won
27 102* Shikhar Dhawan (1/3)   India 107 2   West Indies 11 June 2013 Won
28 134* Kumar Sangakkara   Sri Lanka 135 2   England 13 June 2013 Won
29 119* Ross Taylor   New Zealand 96 1   England 12 June 2015 Won
30 162 Jason Roy   England 118 2   Sri Lanka 29 June 2016 Won
31 128 Tamim Iqbal   Bangladesh 142 1   England 1 June 2017 Lost
32 133* Joe Root   England 129 2   Bangladesh 1 June 2017 Won
33 103 Hashim Amla   South Africa 115 1   Sri Lanka 3 June 2017 Won
34 125 Shikhar Dhawan (2/3)   India 128 1   Sri Lanka 8 June 2017 Lost
35 114 Fakhar Zaman   Pakistan 106 1   India 18 June 2017 Won
36 176 Evin Lewis   West Indies 130 1   England 27 September 2017 Lost
37 117 Shikhar Dhawan (3/3)   India 109 1   Australia 9 June 2019 Won
38 153 Aaron Finch   Australia 132 1   Sri Lanka 15 June 2019 Won
39 182 Ben Stokes   England 124 1   New Zealand 13 September 2023 Won

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